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Insulting xmas prezzies.

43 replies

snowbodysfool · 16/12/2007 18:00

Whats the most insulting christams present you have ever been given and who gave it to you?

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kerryk · 16/12/2007 18:31

dh-soda stream, same year that he bought me a baby furby

i was 20

Blandmum · 16/12/2007 18:33

You are not going to win the prize for this.

The all time worst xmas gift was 26 M of knicker elastic

MrsWeasleysmagicmincepies · 16/12/2007 18:36

my DD received a keyring basically saying she is fat.
This was from DD's "best" friend! DD is an average 12.5 year old and isn't at all fat but thinks she is so this present wasnt well received!

YuleLoveHekateAtSolstice · 16/12/2007 18:39

WigWamBam wins bronze, silver AND gold for that, MB! Poor, poor WWB. A far better person than I.

I'd have strangled the mil with it.

BrieVinDeAlkaSeltzer · 16/12/2007 18:40

You will all struggle to beat the knicker elastic WigWamBam got from her MIL.

LGJ sits back safe and secure in the knowledge that she is on to a winner.

OhLITTLEFISHofBethlehem · 16/12/2007 18:40

Don't forget the following year when WWB got half a loofah!

changedmename · 16/12/2007 18:40

test

BrieVinDeAlkaSeltzer · 16/12/2007 18:40

Waves to the Lifers....

AwayInAMunker · 16/12/2007 18:41

Didn't she get half a loofah the next year?

Poor WWB!

AwayInAMunker · 16/12/2007 18:41

ROFL!

BrieVinDeAlkaSeltzer · 16/12/2007 18:41

Half a loofah is better than none.. boom boom

YuleLoveHekateAtSolstice · 16/12/2007 18:42

AHHH the loofah. memories, memories.......

I'm off to start a thread actually......look out for it....

ABudafulSightWereHappyTonight · 16/12/2007 18:42

Dh got a comb from MIL.

He is bald.

changedmename · 16/12/2007 18:44

Sorry for cloak and dagger, but it was a small pack of child's Wallace & Gromit notepaper from sister in law, apparently recycled from one of her 2 children. I won't go through the "presents" she has insultingly given other family members, as they are too recognisable. The notepaper was mild in comparison. But believe me they have not been forgotten !

HIYA SIS IN LAW!!

YuleLoveHekateAtSolstice · 16/12/2007 18:49

oooooh, she's a mumsnetter? This is too good!

Fess up, who recycled W&G notepaper? Y'tight git!

BroccoliSpears · 16/12/2007 18:52

You know those A4 sized flimsy plastic document holders that you put a couple of pieces of paper in and then put in a ring binder? My grandparents once gave my dad one of them for Christmas .

JingEllBells · 16/12/2007 18:56

Not as bad as some of these on here, but last year my SIL gave me some toiletries. They were quite nice actually - though in small 'travel' sizes. It was only later that I noticed the small label attached to the bag they were in saying 'Only available as part of a larger purchase. Not for resale'. In other words, she'd bought some stuff for herself (or for a more favoured recipient) and recycled the free gift onto me. She could at least have removed the label that gave the game away.

However, WWB is undoubtedly World and Olympic champion of crap presents.

PartridgeinaRustyBearTree · 16/12/2007 19:00

Actually MB I think you may be being unfair to WWB's MIL.
I was under the impression that she actually gave her 34 metres of knicker elastic - much more generous.....

snowbodysfool · 16/12/2007 19:27

The knicker elastic is by far the winner!
My friend was dating my FIL and was surprised to open on christmas day a generator and a large jar of pickled eggs-she had never expresses a like for either!What goes through some mens minds?

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nuttynoel · 16/12/2007 19:42

Friend gave me a book on how to get rid of cellulite. This really p*ed me off, actually as I have a lot of issues with me body (concave arse, huge boobs, wonky nose, c-section shelf, over-developed calf muscles, scar under me chin) but I DON'T HAVE NO CELLULITE OK Mags!!!!
I asked her if it was a joke and she just looked blank. Never felt the same about her again.

snowbodysfool · 16/12/2007 19:43

nuttynoel-I would have sent her names to all the slimming clubs i could fine just to be as nasty as her!

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smartiejake · 16/12/2007 20:41

A cow bell from my boyfriend who had just been to switzerland (he was 16 at the time- been my dh for the last 18 years- should have taken it as a warning sign really!)

devonsmummy · 16/12/2007 20:47

DH got a plastic wall clock that looked like a tyre from his mum - he was 35 at the time!

KathH · 16/12/2007 21:24

mil asked me if I wanted some bathroom scales one year

1dilemma · 16/12/2007 21:35

one of those free Cds you get with the paper.
dmil!!